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DATE:  
November 2, 2023

TO:    
Building Principals
Assistant Principals
Elementary Administrative Assistants
Secondary Registrars
Secondary Attendance Secretaries.

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Enrollment Consultant, Planning & Enrollment

SUBJECT:  
Enrollment of Charter School Students Returning Mid-Year

In the February 2022 Principal Meeting, school principals were directed to consult with and receive permission from their AOS before denying enrollment to a student who lives in the school's boundary and wishes to return at any point in the school year from a charter school. This guidance remains in effect for principals and assistant principals at all levels.

This information should be communicated to individuals who have responsibility for enrolling students at each school location.

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The following are new administrative assignments:

  • New Assignment effective October 23, 2023:
    • Matthew Tranter, currently on a leave of absence temporarily appointed assistant principal at Copper Hills High.
  • Assignment change effective January 15, 2024:
    • Matthew Tranter, assistant principal at Copper Hills High appointed assistant principal at Herriman High, replacing John Vincent who is retiring.

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The Jordan Education Foundation received a large donation of notebooks/journals with pens from SnugZ and we still have about 4,000 left. These come in boxes of 30 and are available in black and blue. If you would like some delivered to your schools (or departments), please email foundation@jordandistrict.org and let us know how many you would like.

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Licenses for K-3 teachers, elementary administrators and elementary school psychologists who started LETRS training in 2021 (Generation1) expired on October 1, 2023. It is a state requirement for all teachers who work with K-3 students, elementary school administrators and elementary school psychologists to complete LETRS training. A license extension will be purchased by the Teaching and Learning department for all K-3 teachers, elementary school administrators and elementary school psychologists who were not able to complete their LETRS training. The extensions will be active for one year from the date of purchase.

Moving forward, if K-3 teachers, elementary school administrators, and elementary school psychologists are not able to complete their training within the additional year the license extension provides, schools will be responsible for purchasing additional license extensions. Brittney Eldredge will send an email to each building principal with a list of K-3 teachers, elementary school administrators and elementary school psychologists who may need a license extension.

Please watch for the email that will come from Brittney Eldredge. If you’ve already communicated with your AOS about the progress of teachers and administrators who started LETRS in 2021, please indicate that in the response.

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Literacy Early Intervention Software Process
2023-2024

The early intervention software program selections were presented to the board on October 17, 2023. An email communication will be sent to the public that will contain a link to all of the software programs that were selected by the RFP committee. Public comment will be received by the board in November. After public comment and pending final board approval, the district will be able to move forward with school requests for licenses. 

Schools will be able to choose from four programs including Lexia, Amira by HMH,  Boost Reading by Amplify, or Reading Playground from Really Great Reading (which schools already have access to). Funding provided by the state grant for these programs is limited and may only be used for grades K-3. Schools wishing to use the grant money will need to work directly with Michelle Lovell and Mandy Thurman. 

Principals will soon be able to request the program choice for the school and the number of licenses that will be needed. Site licenses will not be an option at this time. If schools wish to purchase additional licenses for students in grades 4-6 they may work directly with the companies once final board approval is complete.  Please note that schools are NOT OBLIGATED to use a software program. Teacher specialists will be reaching out to principals to offer support in learning about the program options. 

Early Literacy Interactive Software Program Demos 

 

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Language & Culture Services is inviting parents who are newcomers (refugee, immigrant, or asylee) to attend a parent orientation to receive information on how they can best help their child in school. Interpreters will be provided. Please distribute to your community.

  • Location: Joel P. Jensen Middle
  • Date: Nov. 1
  • Time: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

For more info, call 801-567-8124 or visit compliance.jordandistrict.org/lcs.

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DATE: 
Thursday, October 19, 2023

TO: 
Elementary School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
2023 BOY Acadience Reading Dashboards in Tableau

Beginning of the year Acadience Reading data and results are available in Tableau Viewer accounts. Administrators may view aggregate student participation, benchmark proficiency, and measure proficiency by school and grade level over time (2015-present). In addition, school administrators may view individual student and teacher data for the fall of 2023. New this year is a dashboard that will allow viewers to look up students’ historical Acadience Reading benchmark, pathways of progress and individual measure performance. Demographic filters are also available to help school administrators drill down to the data they wish to see.

All of this information may be found in one dashboard location:

Acadience Reading, 2015-Present

Explore > Assessments > Acadience Reading & Early Literacy > Acadience Reading Analysis, 2015-Present

Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability for more information about this tool and to obtain login credentials.

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DATE:     
October 17, 2023

TO:  
All Principals, Directors and Supervisors

FROM:    
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll

SUBJECT:  
DP375 – Vacation Schedule for Administrative Personnel

Clarification of administrator vacation days carryover:

  • Administrators receive 20 frontloaded vacation days on July 1st of each year. These frontloaded days are earned throughout that current year.
  • Administrators may carryover up to 20 earned vacation days from the previous year. Any earned days over 20 not used by December 31st of each year will be forfeited.

Therefore, as of December 31, 2023, any unused vacation days above 40 days will be forfeited. These 40 days consist of the 20 days that were frontloaded on July 1, 2023 for the 2023-24 year, as well as up to 20 unused earned days that are allowed to be carried over from the previous 2022-23 year.

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This is a reminder to all principals that you may grant up to 2 credit hours of salary level change credit to any teacher for work done outside of contract time to support a school goal that addresses student learning. (AA421) This is a way to incentivizing extra work in your building. Inservice credit may or may not include a stipend. To set up principal directed inservice credit please contact Chris Westra in Teaching & Learning at 801-567-8657. See attachment for additional credit details.

Guidelines for Principal-Directed Inservice Credit

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Please save the date for permit trainings in November! This training will be for anyone with responsibility for processing permits, from brand new to veteran to administrative assistant or administrator!

When: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Where: ASB Presentation Room
Time:
*Secondary Schools, 9 AM to 11 AM
*Elementary Schools: 1 PM to 3 PM

Watch for additional information after Fall Recess!

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DATE:  
October 11, 2023

TO:   
All Administrators and Financial Administrative Assistants

FROM: 
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
John Larsen, Business Administrator

SUBJECT:
Staff Appreciation Funds (formerly known as Staff Discretionary Funds)

Please see the attached, revised, document for updates to the Staff Appreciation (Discretionary) memo.

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Digital Citizenship Week is October 16 - 20 and the Digital Teaching and Learning team is excited to share some resources with you to celebrate six areas of Digital Citizenship mastery.

Positive Online Behavior
Using Technology Responsibly
Protecting Private Information
Using Reliable Sources
Passwords that Protect
Understanding the Impact of Digital Interactions

DTL has created a new page of resources to help your teachers and students demonstrate appropriate digital citizenship skills. On our site, you’ll find a level-specific list of short lessons and learning activities that teachers can use each day as part of Digital Citizenship Week. Click HERE to check out all of the available resources.

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Please submit concerns to be discussed by JAESP committee and cabinet by October 18, 2023. Send items to be discussed to Nick Hansen at Golden Fields, Ann Pessetto at Silver Crest or Kaleb Yates at Jordan Hills. All items are discussed anonymously as we work to provide clarification and solutions to concerns of elementary administrators. Notes of the discussions will be published following the meeting.

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Elementary principals, please consider joining UAESP/NAESP! You can find all the details at this LINK. Please don't join NAESP directly on their site. You can use your school p-card and code the expense to your school's checkbook. Please see the attached document with all the benefits of joining this professional organization.

Join Jordan Association of Elementary Principals (JAESP) by sending $35 to JAESP treasurer, Kaleb Yates at Jordan Hills Elementary. These funds are used for the annual JAESP Principal and Assistant Principal Awards and the annual JAESP Administrative Assistant Luncheon.

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DATE:
October 10, 2023

TO:
District Administrators

FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Scott Festin, Planning Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
Caleb Olson, Enrollment Consultant, Planning & Enrollment

SUBJECT:
Fall Enrollment as of October 1, 2023 - REVISED

Please see the attached memo.

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The Health and Wellness Team has worked very hard with principals over the past couple of years nominating a wellness representative at each school that is interested.  We wanted to make you are aware of some resources that they have access to.  They were introduced to each of these during the recent Wellness Representative Retreat.

PEHP Wellness can help JSD Wellness Reps by offering grant money of up to $400 every 2 years to help with wellness initiatives to benefit all employees. They have customizable pre-made wellness challenges (Grab & Go Guides) on a variety of topics you can use to implement monthly challenges. They have over 50 webinars available for employees to view on their own time or as a group. They are available to brainstorm wellness ideas or activities.

Blomquist Hale is a confidential and free mental health benefit provided for the employees and family members covered by the medical plan. This resource helps address a broad range of personal difficulties that may be causing distress. Most services are available by appointment. Assistance is available for life threatening emergencies 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. They are happy to provide the wellness representatives with marketing supplies (flyers, business cards, posters, magnets, etc), benefit presentations and any other support needed. In addition, wellness representatives have access to their Blomquist Hale app (available on all iOS and Android devices) and their online webinars that can be found by searching Blomquist Hale on Youtube.com or by clicking HERE.

The Moreton & Company Population Health Team can help them create a comprehensive wellness strategy that improves your employees’ overall health and well-being. They can help provide educational campaigns on relevant health topics, coordinate wellness initiatives with community partners, create wellness challenges, and more. If our Wellness Representatives have any questions, they can reach out to populationhealth@moreton.com.